The Path of a Character

Michael Chekhov’s Inspired Acting and Theatre Semiotics

von Yana Meerzon

342 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Nephew of Anton Chekhov and a disciple of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Russian émigré actor Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) created one of the most challenging and inspiring acting theories of the 20th century. This book is a reinterpretation of Chekhov’s theory both in the context of the cultural and political milieu of his time and in the light of theatre semiotics: from Prague Structuralism to French Poststructuralism and contemporary performance theory. This work presents Chekhov’s understanding of the actor’s stage product – stage mask – as a psychological, psychophysical and cultural construct engaged with the mysteries of the actor/character or, what Mikhail Bakhtin describes as the author/hero, dialectical relationships. It offers new horizons in interdisciplinary and intercultural visions on theatre acting described by Chekhov as a most liberating and cathartic process.

• Reihe: Heidelberger Publikationen zur Slavistik
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechniken
• ISBN: 9783631530962
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.2005
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften